#OnThisDay 1985: BBC Newsnight went stateside to take a look at the WWF (now the WWE). Vince McMahon reckons it's wholesome family entertainment while a New York Senate counters it's everything that is dirty and underhanded. | BBC Archive

384K views · 2.7K reactions | 1985: The tower block in Hackney that refused to be demolished. #OnThisDay 1985: The demolition of a tower block didn’t go according to plan when 200 lbs of explosives failed to bring the entire building down. Where’s Fred Dibnah when you need him?... Clip taken from News, originally broadcast on BBC One, 3 November 1985. | BBC Archive | Facebook

74K views · 552 reactions | #OnThisDay 1984: "They never seem to do anything wrong... except kill each other" 'Dallas' - according to the Take Two reviewers. | BBC Archive | Facebook

19K views · 78 reactions | The BBC drama that affected a generation. | BBC Sheffield | Facebook